Feed-cutter.



E. LAHTI.

FEED CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I8. 1915.

Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

If PATENT @FFTQE ELIAS LAHTI, OF MGMUBRAY, WASHING-TON.

FEED-CUTTER.

Application filed November 18, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIAS LAI-ITI, a citizen of the United States, residing at McMurray, in the county of Skagit and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in feed cutters and its objects are to provide for a variable cut of the feed; and to provide a hand-operated machine that is easy to operate and efficient in use. With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described in the fOllOWiIlg specification, pointed out in the claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part of said specification.

The illustration is a vertical sectional view of my improved feed cutter.

The reference numeral 1 designates a feed trough supported upon legs 2, 3 and provided with a floor 4 which is not connected directly to the side walls of the trough but is fulcrumed upon a shaft 4* which extends through the floor 4 and into the legs 2 and which is retained in adjusted position with relation to the sides of the trough by means of the bolt 5 carried by a bearing secured to said sides for engagement with the wing nut 5 carried by conveyer 5; said floor being cut away throughout the greater portion of its length, the cut out portion being bridged by a beam 1 secured terminally tothe floor, to permit the installation of the conveyor 5 which is supported and driven by the terminal rollers 6, 6 fast upon the shafts 7, 7 journaled in bearings 8 secured to the floor 4. Auxiliary rollers 9 loose upon the shafts 10 journaled in bearings secured to the floor 4 also serve as supports for said conveyer.

To one end of the floor 4: a knife 11 is secured which projects beyond the end thereof and over a guide roller 12 arranged upon a shaft 13 which extends through elongated perforations 14 in the legs 3 and is journaled in bearings 15 carried by screws 16 which are adjustably secured in the brackets 17 by means of the nuts 18; said brackets being carried by the legs 3. Above the guide Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 10, 1917..

Serial No. 62,153.

roller 12 a drum 19 is arranged within the hood 20, the sides of said hood being a continuation of the sides of the trough, said hood being supported by a cross beam 21 connected to the legs 3. The said drum 19- is fast upon a shaft 22 which extends through the sides thereof and is carried by the legs 3 and upon the ends of which the wheels 24 are secured provided with suitable cranks to rotate same and drive said shaft. Referring again to the drum 19 the same is formed with a plurality of longitudinal slots 26 adapted to receive the knives 27 formed with screw shanks 28, whereon nuts 29 are arranged, that extend through the drum 19 and Within the same are provided with the wing nuts 30 whereby said knives may be adjusted with relation to the drum; the greater the projection of the knives beyond the outer periphery of the drum the finer the feed will be cut.

The shaft 22 is suitably connected, as by sprocket wheels and chain (not shown) to a projection of one conveyor shaft 7 to enable the eonveyer to be driven by power from the said shaft 22. The feed to be cut is in troduced at the open end of the trough upon the conveyor 5 which carries it toward the knives at the opposite end of the trough; the feed passes below the guide roller 3d and between the knives 27 and knife 11 and is cut and then it passes over the guide roller 12 and drops into a receptacle (not shown) when it may be removed. The blades 27 in rotating with the drum 19 barely touch the blade 11 as they cut the feed. To effect a very coarse out the blades are drawn farther into the drum by means of their nuts 29 and screws 30, the knife-bearing end of the floor a and the conveyer are raised by means of the bolt 5 provided with a nut that rests upon the bearing through which said bolt passes, and the wing nut 5 in engagement with said bolt, and the guide roller 12 is raised by raising the screws 16 in their bear ings. A relatively fine out is effected by reversing this operation just described.

What is claimed is In a feed cutter comprising a trough having cutting mechanism at one of its ends, a floor fulcrumed in said trough and adjustable with relation thereto and having a cutter my own I have hereto afiixed my signature bar secured thereto at its front end, a con- 1n the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. veyer carried by and adjustable With said floor, and means connecting said trough and ELIAS LAHTI. floor for releasably retaining said members Witnesses: in adjusted relation. ELMER WAGLUND,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 7 JOHN LUND.

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